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June 15–September 15, 2019. Toledo Museum, Ohio. www.toledomuseum.org. Life Is a Highway brings together a diverse selection of artists to showcase how the automobile reshaped the twentieth-century American landscape and cultural attitudes of self-expression. Work by Ed Ruscha is included. Production still for Ed Ruscha, Miracle, 1975 © Ed Ruscha.
- Getting The Story Straight
- Cast of Characters
- Route 66 Landmarks
- The Cars Effect
- Through A Glass Clearly
Quickly upon Lasseter’s return to California, storyboards were created to illustrate the basic story concept, and then the research began. “Everything we do in our films is rooted in authenticity. That’s a really big word with us,” said Ward. And according to John Lasseter, the Pixar team did more research for Cars than on any other project to date...
Creating characters and casting involved Pixar selecting actors that naturally fit the characters, and not the other way around as some studios have done. In some cases, though, characters were created based on the folks that Wallis introduced to the Pixar team on those two long trips. After 2002, once the main characters had been decided upon, Pix...
If it looks like Cars was set in the southwest, it is no mistake. Wallis’ travels with Pixar focused on areas west of Joplin. All of the art that became animation backdrop had visual elements of the southwest, from the Cadillac Ranch, to the pinnacles of the Mohave Mountain range near Needles, California, and the brilliant red cliffs on either side...
As for Cars and working with Pixar, Houser said, “It has done wonderful things for the road. And with having Michael as the voice of the sheriff, it kind of transcended from his books. They were all just wonderful to work with.” Cars grossed $462 million worldwide at the Box Office that summer, and spawned another $10 billion in toy sales in the fi...
While Route 66 is certainly a key beneficiary of the movie, this was not the intended effect. In Ward’s words: “The movie is not about Route 66, but Route 66 is a very important part of the film.” It’s a movie about a man going too fast and needing to slow down, and going to this fictitious town on Route 66, but comes away a changed person because ...
Jun 14, 2019 · “Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture,” opening tomorrow (Saturday, June 15) at the Toledo Museum of Art, reflects on how the automobile came to dominate our lives. It is, according to the museum, the first major museum exhibit to focus on the car.
"Life Is a Highway" is a song by Canadian musician Tom Cochrane from his second studio album, Mad Mad World (1991). The song became a number-one hit in Canada in late 1991. "Life Is a Highway" also peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in August
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5 days ago · The 21-date trek, named after the country trio’s 2006 hit “Life Is a Highway,” starts on Feb. 13 in Evansville, Indiana, and makes stops in Columbus, Ohio; Savannah, Georgia; and Fort Worth ...
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Aug 3, 2022 · Tom Cochrane's '90s classic "Life is a Highway" has been a global hit for three decades, but his inspiration came from an unexpected place.
